Can you tell me stories of being single at 27 and married with children by 37?

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Feeling so lonely and so, so single tonight.

And not one of my friendship group is with the same man they were seeing at 27. All cohabiting or married, some with kids some not yet but planned.

Divorced at 30. Married with a 2 month old at 34.

Maybe have some time off from Tinder and the dating scene and enjoy being single. You don't have to be in a couple to be happy. Don't waste your youth thinking about what you don't have.

I met my OH at 28. Now 32, live together and currently he's doing bath/bed with our 2 year old and I'm cuddling our almost 3 week old daughter 😍

I met my now husband at 27. We were a bit on and off for a while and he took a long time to commit. But we got married at 34 and I was pregnant (eventually, with ivf) at 37. Had baby at 38. So not far off your timeline.

Met DH when I was 28 (reluctant night out on my part) married by 30, two daughters by 33. My advice would be go out even when you cba and if its meant to be it will happen (I was so reluctant to go out I went as I was, in Saturday jeans and jumper, no make up). However, had someone told me the day before that this would happen, I would never have believed them.

Maybe have some time off from Tinder and the dating scene and enjoy being single. You don't have to be in a couple to be happy.

I'm actually worrying myself because I just can't enjoy being single any more. All I want is to go shopping on a Friday night and buy something to treat someone else with. I want to come home and have someone to talk to.

Going on holiday or doing 'single things' won't make me happy, they'll just make me sad that I'm still alone.

I've been single all my adult life and it's so wearying. It is reassuring to see that a few posters were in the same situation though.

Yep I was single at 27, met my man at 28, bought a house together at 30 married 31 I'm currently pregnant with our first due in august.
You have plenty time

Met my DH online aged 27, now married with two kids at 35. Trying to get one of them to sleep currently 😂

I met someone at 27.
Married at 29.
1st baby at 30.
2nd baby at 32.
3rd baby at 35.
Don't despair!

I had a kid at 24 but his dad walked out by a year but I was single until 28 met my now DH we now have a DS together and another on the way.

Met at 31, married at 33, first baby at 34 and Second baby at 36. I used to worry I wouldn't meet someone and have a family.

Yes! Single all of twenties more or less. Met husband at 30 and two children by 35. It happens when you least expect it. Don't settle and make your life as big and fulfilling as you can. Weekends are lonely even when you're married with kids you know, so you have to find happiness yourself. I did think a man would fix me to a certain extent.

Me !

Married at 30 ! I’m now 36 with three children. Yes I’ve been busy !

When I was your age I was one big stress thinking it would never happen too !

You’ll know when it’s right for u and everything will fall into place x

At 27 I had been single for 3 years and had been living on my own for 5. Before that I had had a string of bad relationships with unsuitable, unreliable and abusive men.

At 28 I lost my job. I loved that job and the people I worked with. I also had no friends.

A month or 3 after that I joined a dating agency (this was just as online dating was in its infancy and only just taking off) and a bloke whose profile picture was one of him in leathers sent me a message. I messaged back saying I liked his shiny helmet ;) and we swapped phone numbers and met a week or so later.

He moved in when I was 30, had our eldest when I was 31 and youngest at 32. We got married when I was 33 and have been happy ever since.

I met my husband when I was 35, we got married when I was 37 and my daughter was born when I was 38. I'm now 39 and starting to consider trying for a second baby.

Yes.
I made a dramatic move at 28 to another city. Met now-dh three months after arriving here. Moved in together around 31/32, married at 34, pregnant at 36.
Now 42 and very content with dh and ds.

My sis was left single at 30 after breaking up with partner she'd been with since uni.

She married a lovely guy just before her 34th birthday and they had a son 2 years later.

What do you like doing? Could you join a social event associated with that activity? For example, the Tate Gallery in London used to run "Late at Tate" evenings with a talk, glass of wine...that might be a good way to meet somebody with mutual interests.

Met DH at 27, now married with two dc at 36.

Apparently 27/28 is the prime age for meeting a long-term partner. Hardly later life as a pp said! Just wait and see how many of your friends in long-term relationships take stock and break up at 29...

Yep, met my DH at 29 had second child shortly after 37th birthday.

I’m not surprised you’re depressed - I couldn’t do tinder. Every decent relationship I’ve had has been a friend first, a colleague or someone I’ve met through hobbies

I’d socialise as much as you can with friends, try out different things.

Verrrrrry single at 27, doing lots of OLD with no success. Met my DH in a bar at 28, messed around for a year, serious at 29, married 31, 2 kids by 35!

I was also v worried at 27 about not meeting a partner or having children. You have time. Enjoy being yourself & put an effort into chatting to people! X

Op I'm 28 and feeling the exact same! I'm worried ill be alone forever 😂

I met DP at 26 or 27. At 37 we had 1 DC, and I was pregnant with the second.

Not married, though!